--- title: KFC Fried Chicken Keyboard description: There is a fried chicken keyboard made by KFC Japan canonical: https://time.com/3387197/kfc-fried-chicken-keyboard-japan/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-16T18:29:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:26.211Z og:title: KFC Fried Chicken Keyboard og:description: There is a fried chicken keyboard made by KFC Japan og:url: https://time.com/3387197/kfc-fried-chicken-keyboard-japan/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95553a12913f9fe8/6986a38c361760256c90ddcb/kfc-japan.png?branch=production&width=1041&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1041 og:image:height: 586 og:image:alt: KFC Japan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: KFC Fried Chicken Keyboard twitter:description: There is a fried chicken keyboard made by KFC Japan twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95553a12913f9fe8/6986a38c361760256c90ddcb/kfc-japan.png?branch=production&width=1041&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # KFC Has Made a Fried Chicken Keyboard > Sponsored content. 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Joel Stein tries the new KFC Double Down sandwich: two chicken filets with bacon, cheese and sauce in between_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 16, 2014 6:29 PM UTC  KFC Japan by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 16, 2014 6:29 PM UTC It’s time to move to Japan. Not only do they get the goth-meets-gross [black chicken sandwich](http://time.com/3327567/burger-king-black-burger/) at Burger King, [snake-flavored ice cream](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/01/27/oh-god-why-introducing-snake-ice-cream/) and a [tear sommelier](http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/02/28/japan-has-a-tears-sommelier/), but now they are getting a KFC-branded fried chicken keyboard, too. It’s the perfect thing to write your resignation letter on as you pack your bags and head east. A [contest](http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/09/05/kfc-japan-offering-chicken-themed-keyboard-mouse-flash-memory-in-exchange-for-tweets/) run by the Japanese branch of KFC is offering a chance to win KFC swag like a fried chicken keyboard, a fried chicken drumstick mouse that will make you drool all over the keyboard, and a fried chicken thumb drive that will have you backing up data in style.  KFC Japan  KFC Japan Unfortunately, the contest is only open to KFC fans who are residents of Japan. Guess we’ll have to type on our boring old keyboards and console ourselves with [waffle tacos](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/16/taco-bell-testing-out-waffle-tacos/) and [taco socks ](http://time.com/23122/tostadas-for-your-toes-taco-bell-is-now-making-socks/)and [terrifying Happy Meals](http://time.com/105363/mcdonalds-happy-mascot-looks-terrifying/). Or move. ## Transcript >> So about to enter what has to be one of the most architecturally interesting KFCs in the country. This is the KFC double down. So it's two pieces fried chicken as your bread, you got some sauce, some cheese and some bacon. I'm one of the few Americans or people in the world who don't love chicken. And this is pretty good. I don't miss the bread. Bread would feel weird with this. It feels like you're eating a chicken cordon bleu. >> Must be weird to be holding it with your hands though. >> No. It's great. It feels free. I feel like a man. Like bread? Bread is for women and children. This feels like what we should be doing, don't you think? >> Just holding bare meat with your hands? >> Yeah. Like if you're eating chicken, you'll be holding a pair of meat, right? Is it all in my face? Feels like all over my face, in a good way. We have a slightly oxidized white from the Jura region of France which I highly recommend with this cuts right through the grease. Classic biscuit, the KFC biscuit. What if we turn it into a traditional sandwich? You're impressed with my ingenuity there, huh? Not so much as all the ingredients are delicious but a lot is lost. Now it's mostly a breading mess, which is what kind of experience of eating most sandwiches is like. I like the purity of the lack of bread here and I'm not a chicken guy as you well know. 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